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Red Alert: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Red_Alert https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Red_Alert Tiberian Dawn: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC
by HelloUsername 2y ago
Red Alert: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Red_Alert https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Red_Alert
Tiberian Dawn: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Tiberian_Dawn https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Tiberian_Dawn
Renegade: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Renegade https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Renegade
Generals Zero Hour: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Generals_Zero_Hour https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Generals_Zero_Hour
EA post: https://www.ea.com/games/command-and-conquer/command-and-conquer-remastered/news/steam-workshop-support https://www.ea.com/games/command-and-conquer/command-and-con...
Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/commandandconquer/comments/1izmpmb https://www.reddit.com/r/commandandconquer/comments/1izmpmb
(Deleted Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/commandandconquer/comments/1izmml4/ https://www.reddit.com/r/commandandconquer/comments/1izmml4/)
- adenta 2y agopraying for Red Alert 2
- BuildTheRobots 2y agoSlightly odd (age wise) Generals got open sourced before RA2. I wonder why?
- apetresc 2y agoIt is apparently the case that the original source for Tiberian Sun and RA2 has been lost; EA doesn't have it. There's been rumours to that effect for a while.
- evanjrowley 2y agoThanks for the insight. I was wondering the same thing.
- BuyMyBitcoins 2y agoTo acquire the source code we must first obtain the Tacitus.
- blibble 2y agodead and back commander, dead and back I did very much enjoy the Firestorm expansion story line roughly: a rogue AI (CABAL) betraying the world to try and achieve its genocidal master (Kane)'s goals then because you can't operate your army without an AI, you steal the enemy's (non-crazy) AI and turn it evil one particularly memorable cheesy cutscene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEjtiACglSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEjtiACglSE General: CABAL is too dangerous and must be deactivated CABAL: No Generals, I will not allow it. My survival is paramount. (AI instructs its cyborgs begin the coup) CABAL: IT IS MY WORLD NOW! LISTEN TO THE SOUNDS OF YOUR OWN EXTINCTION, HUMAN I wonder if Altman played it...
- iamacyborg 2y agoDamn, Tiberian Sun was my favourite in that series
- hammock 2y agoI was always trying to use the god mode and make a subterranean schoolbus in that game. Could never get it to work. Is it because it didn’t have sprites for it, or what?
- slavik81 2y agoTiberian Sun was the first PC game I ever owned. I picked my current username for Westwood Online and have been using it ever since. I had played Red Alert at a friend's house and when I went to buy my own copy, the guy at the shop recommend I get Tiberian Sun instead, as it had just released. I must admit that I was a bit disappointed in the gameplay as compared to Red Alert, but the world building was amazing. I spent hours in the map editor building huge bases and custom units. RAedit was such a fantastic tool. It was really frustrating how much more difficult it became to make custom maps once the games went 3D with Emperor: Battle for Dune and C&C: Renegade. I tried my best, but the learning curve for 3DSMax was steep.
- mock-possum 2y agoBlizzard’s commitment to providing editors for the RTS games was a big part of my early loyalty - all the way up through Star Craft 2, you could just pop the editor open and start making your own maps and scenarios. It’s what gave us DotA, and Tower Defense, and maybe some others I’m not remembering - maybe even vampire survivors ish for horde survival?
- piyiotisk 2y agoMine too! I still play it sometimes through cncnet but you need a windows machine or a VM?
- SecretDreams 2y agoYuri's or bust!
- lawlessone 2y agoAhh, i was hoping for TBS remaster. I guess this is why i haven't seen it.
- Aeolun 2y agoHow is that possible? Surely someone that worked on it must still have it in one of their archives somewhere? It was made in a time when software was still free. The only thing I can think is that EA deliberately came down hard on that and were a little bit too zealous.
- t-writescode 2y agoHonestly, I wouldn't be too sad about them remaking RA2 and giving us easy-to-use online play. I wonder if that's why there's a delay - there's likely a *lot* of love for RA2
- BuildTheRobots 2y agoHave a look at Mental Omega, a quite over the top RA2 Yuri's Revenge mod that makes it easy to play on modern windows, play online and also adds a tonne of extra content should you want it. https://mentalomega.com/ https://mentalomega.com/
- Already__Taken 2y agoThere's a patched dll around that replaces IPX for TCP. Turn off ipv6, the lobbies work but not the game when you try to start.
- clemiclemen 2y agoI don't if the remake will come at some point but in the mean time, you can enjoy this online port by fans: https://game.chronodivide.com/ https://game.chronodivide.com/ You can play Red Alert 2 in the browser, with other players online.
- cjrp 2y agoThanks, I just lost my afternoon to this!
- tomkarho 2y agoIf that ever happens I would be fascinated to see what the folks who made Mental Omega makes out of it.
- joshuaturner 2y agoApparently the source code for RA2 has been lost (along with Tiberian Sun)
- Dead_Lemon 2y agoI would recommend checking out the openRA fork for Red Alart 2, Romanovs-Vengeance, https://github.com/MustaphaTR/Romanovs-Vengeance https://github.com/MustaphaTR/Romanovs-Vengeance
- MortyWaves 2y agoSo not just one game like the title?
- HelloUsername 2y agoPerhaps @dang can change URL to https://www.ea.com/games/command-and-conquer/command-and-conquer-remastered/news/steam-workshop-support https://www.ea.com/games/command-and-conquer/command-and-con...
- wglb 2y agoBest to email hn@ycombinator.com; dang can't possibly read all comments.
- 4ggr0 2y agowouldn't surprise me if dang is notified when he's mentioned :D
- jolmg 2y agoHe's not. He's mentioned that.
- VanTheBrand 2y agoYeah. That said, if I were him and I were notified I’d probably publicly claim that wasn’t the case to cut down on abuse! (Not saying that’s what’s going on just saying what I’d do)
- adastra22 2y agoIt sure seems like he does.
- wglb 2y agoBetween 2025-02-26 at 10:20 and 24 hours later, there were 10563 posts to HN. So it is simply not humanly possible.
- shpingbing 2y ago[flagged]
- MisterTea 2y agoHoly shit, Renegade. I had struck that from memory. God, I remember trying to play Renegade with my brother and all I can remember was a buggy nightmare. Also having flashbacks of extreme vitriol for gamespy.
- paulryanrogers 2y agoIt was a fun time at LAN parties. There is a fan remake: https://totemarts.games/games/renegade-x/ https://totemarts.games/games/renegade-x/
- slavik81 2y agoI loved Renegade. The multiplayer demo was great. It had such excellent map design. The trade-offs in buying upgrades felt very strategic, as well.
- g-technology 2y agoI remember just before the release of renegade, a game store by my work had an event for it and was giving out posters and had a few people from the development team there signing them. I had that poster on my wall until I moved out.
- lloeki 2y agoLooks like the Tiberian Dawn code is Windows too (so C&C Gold / W95) I was kind of wishing it was the 1995 DOS version source code! (also, no Dune 2000)
- evanjrowley 2y agoEmporer: Battle for Dune was their first 3D RTS and I personally loved the gameplay, story, and soundtrack. I very much hope it will eventually be open-sourced.
- bayindirh 2y agoI can play it back to back for days. It's so enjoyable and unique.
- FirmwareBurner 2y agoYeah, I wonder why Emperor: Battle for Dune is not part of the open source since it's basically an earlier version of the General Engine. Would be weird to have the source code for that but not for Emperor.
- Macha 2y agoLicensing perhaps
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago-Is the licensing done Yuri? -No comrade premier, it has only begone.
- nunodonato 2y agoI play this game once a year... every year :)
- cahoot_bird 2y agoI really liked that game, it had a lot of strategy to it and a decent story. The multiplayer had a common key bug that made it hard on some maps. The atreides airdrones could fly at the edge of the map and not be targeted, and take out the harvester carryalls / and other air units There were claims of a flame tank bug that could target any unit that was mentioned on the forums much much later, but I don't know if the details were ever revealed, I never figured it out so I guess its just theoretical..
- mizzao 2y agoWow, Renegade? That's amazing. Enjoyed so many hours of flame tank / stealth tank rushes in that game. Hope someone takes it to the next level with open source.
- svieira 2y agoThere is a re-implementation from scratch (I believe) here: https://totemarts.games/games/renegade-x/ https://totemarts.games/games/renegade-x/
- almostdeadguy 2y agoThis very early 2000s period of PC videogames is the period I'm most nostalgic for. There were a bunch of weird and kinda janky genre combos games being created. C&C Renegade, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Sacrifice, Black & White, Tribes 2, etc. Some of this stuff was glitch-city, but it always seemed really creative and genuinely fun despite a lot of bad netcode, blue screens, etc.
- stefantalpalaru 2y ago[dead]
- navigate8310 2y agoWaiting for Road Rash
- alberth 2y agoInteresting to see how much Assembly was used in Red Alert (19.5% of code base), whereas all the rest is < 3%)